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"I wanted to tell her everything, maybe if I'd been able to, we could have lived differently, maybe I'd be there with you now instead of here. Maybe... if I'd said, 'I'm so afraid of losing something I love that I refuse to love anything,' maybe that would have made the impossible possible. Maybe, but I couldn't do it, I had buried too much too deeply inside me. And here I am, instead of there."

"I wanted to tell her everything, maybe if I'd been able to, we could have lived differently, maybe I'd be there with you now instead of here. Maybe... if I'd said, 'I'm so afraid of losing something I love that I refuse to love anything,' maybe that would have made the impossible possible. Maybe, but I couldn't do it, I had buried too much too deeply inside me. And here I am, instead of there."

Jonathan Safran Foer, American Novelist

Emotion, Love, Fear, Sensitivity, Loss

25

"The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone."

"The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Emotion, Waiting, Silence, Hope, Disappointment

25

"An ugly smile. An ugly soul."

"An ugly smile. An ugly soul."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Emotion, Smile, Soul, Beauty

25

"It is difficult to love someone who loves you, but easy to hate someone who loves you, and love someone who hates you."

"It is difficult to love someone who loves you, but easy to hate someone who loves you, and love someone who hates you."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

Emotion, Love, Hate, Relationship

25

"I'm running on hate."

"I'm running on hate."

Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

Emotion, Hate, Anger, Energy, Motivational

25

"I know that the night is not the same as the day: that all things are different, that the things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist, and the night can be a dreadful time for lonely people once their loneliness has started."

"I know that the night is not the same as the day: that all things are different, that the things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist, and the night can be a dreadful time for lonely people once their loneliness has started."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

Emotion, Night, Loneliness, Existence

25

"There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause."

"There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause."

Lynn Abbey, American Author

Emotional, Applause, Nothing

25

"Give mea moon-blanket nightto keep me warma long-gone smileto comfort mea pair of rain-blue eyesto haunt mea simple soul...to love me."

"Give mea moon-blanket nightto keep me warma long-gone smileto comfort mea pair of rain-blue eyesto haunt mea simple soul...to love me."

Sanober Khan, Indian Businessman

Emotion, Night, Love, Comfort, Soul

25

"Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell."

"Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell."

George A. Moore, Irish Novelist

Emotional, Feeling, Heaven, Hell

25

"Envy, is Pride's greatest Fear."

"Envy, is Pride's greatest Fear."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Emotion, Envy, Pride, Fear

25

"Dubstep makes me feel confused and my headache get fixed, from chillstep I get sad - That's my story!"

"Dubstep makes me feel confused and my headache get fixed, from chillstep I get sad - That's my story!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Emotion, Confusion, Truth, Wisdom, Life

25

"You can't selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room, and still expect to see the light."

"You can't selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room, and still expect to see the light."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Emotion, Anger, Truth, Life

25

"Most times, it's just a lot easier not to let the world know what's wrong."

"Most times, it's just a lot easier not to let the world know what's wrong."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Emotion, Pain, Struggle, Privacy

25

"So overjoyed were they at their deliverance that they laughed aloud, and the Earth seemed to them like a flower of silver, and the Moon like a flower of gold."

"So overjoyed were they at their deliverance that they laughed aloud, and the Earth seemed to them like a flower of silver, and the Moon like a flower of gold."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Emotion, Joy, Deliverance, Laughter, Nature

25

"To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing."

"To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing."

Dorothy Thompson, American Journalist

Emotional, End, Feeling, Nothing

24

"I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few."

"I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few."

Adolf Hitler, German Criminal

Emotional, Emotion, Reason

24

"And rather than hide that, I would rather put that out on the radio and let someone see the full range of emotions. If you're going to be strong on the radio, you got to let it all out, even the ugly stuff. And you can't apologize for it."

"And rather than hide that, I would rather put that out on the radio and let someone see the full range of emotions. If you're going to be strong on the radio, you got to let it all out, even the ugly stuff. And you can't apologize for it."

Howard Stern, American Entertainer

Emotional, Emotions, Ugly

24

"The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions."

"The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions."

Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese Athlete

Emotional, Feelings, Character, Emotions

24

"I can access emotions very easily."

"I can access emotions very easily."

Allison Janney, American Actress

Emotional, Emotions

24

"Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader."

"Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader."

Joseph Joubert, French Writer

Emotional, Emotion, Pleasure

24

"Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs."

"Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs."

Robert Peel, English Leader

Emotional, Feeling, Folly, Obstinacy, Opinion

24

"I measure every Grief I meetWith narrow, probing, Eyes;I wonder if It weighs like Mine,Or has an Easier size."

"I measure every Grief I meetWith narrow, probing, Eyes;I wonder if It weighs like Mine,Or has an Easier size."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Emotion, Grief, Pain, Understanding

24

"Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistable urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex. Yippee."

"Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistable urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex. Yippee."

J.R. Ward, American Author

Emotion, Jealousy, Humor, Observation

24

"Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants willing to be dethroned."

"Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants willing to be dethroned."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

Emotion, Secrets, Heart, Reflection

24

"I wish, he thinks, spoken words could be captured and kept in a locket."

"I wish, he thinks, spoken words could be captured and kept in a locket."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Emotion, Word, Memory, Desire, Hope

24

"Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, "Bob would be very disappointed in you."

"Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, "Bob would be very disappointed in you."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Emotion, Disappointment, Judgment, Silence

24

"Nothing much bothered you for a while and you kept walking like a silhouette through this town, saying hi's and goodbyes, acting polite at all times. But there is no fire in your heart; you are not very concerned."

"Nothing much bothered you for a while and you kept walking like a silhouette through this town, saying hi's and goodbyes, acting polite at all times. But there is no fire in your heart; you are not very concerned."

Charlotte Eriksson, American Psychologist

Emotion, Emptiness, Existence, Routine

24

"A course never quite looks the same way twice. The combinations of weather, season, light, feelings and thoughts that you find there are ever-changing."

"A course never quite looks the same way twice. The combinations of weather, season, light, feelings and thoughts that you find there are ever-changing."

Joe Henderson, American Athlete

Emotional, Feelings, Thoughts, Light, Weather

24

"How can days and happenings and moments so good become so quickly ugly, and for no reason, for no real reason? Just - change.With nothing causing it."

"How can days and happenings and moments so good become so quickly ugly, and for no reason, for no real reason? Just - change.With nothing causing it."

Philip K. Dick, American Writer

Emotion, Change, Uncertainty, Life

24

"Being a harp which the least wind of emotion from another's heart could make to vibrate as readily as a radical stir in her own."

"Being a harp which the least wind of emotion from another's heart could make to vibrate as readily as a radical stir in her own."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Emotion, Empathy, Connection, Heart

24

"I'm so sorry. I am so sorry for everything."

"I'm so sorry. I am so sorry for everything."

Marie Lu, American Author

Emotion, Apology, Regret, Responsibility

24

"Love is illiterate. Whether we write it big or small, we cannot read it. We might only guess. ['I seek you']"

"Love is illiterate. Whether we write it big or small, we cannot read it. We might only guess. ['I seek you']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Emotion, Love, Mystery, Language

24

"The Knife of betrayal tease from back and this Que prick every sec deep in heart why you get this pain from that person whom you love and intention to love every sec as crazy.when did not get Ans its create anger inside for self.And no one can't understand how this anger kills every day thousand time."

"The Knife of betrayal tease from back and this Que prick every sec deep in heart why you get this pain from that person whom you love and intention to love every sec as crazy.when did not get Ans its create anger inside for self.And no one can't understand how this anger kills every day thousand time."

Mohammed Zaki Ansari, Indian Writer

Emotion, Betrayal, Pain, Trust

24

"Her happiness floated like waves of ocean along the coast of her life. She found lyrics of her life in his arms but she never sung her song."

"Her happiness floated like waves of ocean along the coast of her life. She found lyrics of her life in his arms but she never sung her song."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Emotion, Happiness, Life, Love

24

"I heard the silence pouring from them. The audience held themselves quiet, tense, and tight, as if the song had burned them worse than flame.Each person held their wounded selves closely, clutching their pain as if it were a precious thing."

"I heard the silence pouring from them. The audience held themselves quiet, tense, and tight, as if the song had burned them worse than flame.Each person held their wounded selves closely, clutching their pain as if it were a precious thing."

Patrick Rothfuss, Australian Athlete

Emotion, Pain, Music, Silence

24

"Catherine had never wanted comfort more, and [Henry] looked as if he was aware of it."

"Catherine had never wanted comfort more, and [Henry] looked as if he was aware of it."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Emotion, Comfort, Awareness, Compassion

24

"She wished such words unsaid with all her heart."

"She wished such words unsaid with all her heart."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Emotion, Regret, Words, Heart

24

"No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart."

"No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Emotion, Memory, Heart, Love

24

"Zaphod marched quickly down the passageway, nervous as hell, but trying to hide it by striding purposefully."

"Zaphod marched quickly down the passageway, nervous as hell, but trying to hide it by striding purposefully."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Emotion, Fear, Control, Behavior, Life

24

"Crying adds something: crying is you, plus tears."

"Crying adds something: crying is you, plus tears."

John Green, American Author

Emotion, Pain, Expression, Release

24

"Oh-my-Father-and-oh-the-delight-of-my-eyes," began the young man, muttering the words very quickly and sulkily and not at all as if the Tisroc were the delight of his eyes."

"Oh-my-Father-and-oh-the-delight-of-my-eyes," began the young man, muttering the words very quickly and sulkily and not at all as if the Tisroc were the delight of his eyes."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Emotion, Childhood, Discontent, Expression

24

"I don't know why people are afraid of lust. Then I can imagine that they are very afraid of me, for I have a great lust for everything. A lust for life, a lust for how the summer-heated street feels beneath my feet, a lust for the touch of another's skin on my skin...a lust for everything. I even lust after cake. Yes, I am very lusty and very scary."

"I don't know why people are afraid of lust. Then I can imagine that they are very afraid of me, for I have a great lust for everything. A lust for life, a lust for how the summer-heated street feels beneath my feet, a lust for the touch of another's skin on my skin...a lust for everything. I even lust after cake. Yes, I am very lusty and very scary."

C. JoyBell C., American Author

Emotion, Desire, Life, Lust, Passion

24

"Neither of us, it turns out, has been the only one who lost someone she loved."

"Neither of us, it turns out, has been the only one who lost someone she loved."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Emotion, Loss, Grief, Love

24

"Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated."

"Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Emotion, Hatred, Revenge, Humanity

24

"A good indignation brings out all one's powers."

"A good indignation brings out all one's powers."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Emotion, Anger, Expression, Action

24

"My soul remembered him, my heart connected with him but time had separated him from wanting me right now."

"My soul remembered him, my heart connected with him but time had separated him from wanting me right now."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

Emotion, Soul, Memory, Heart, Time

24

"Ester asked why people are sad."That's simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams."

"Ester asked why people are sad."That's simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Emotion, Sadness, Memory, History, Dream

24

"Guilt is never to be doubted."

"Guilt is never to be doubted."

Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist

Emotion, Guilt, Doubt, Mind

24

"From early childhood his mother had taught him that to discuss in public a profound emotional experience-which, in the open air, immediately evanesces and fades, and, oddly, becomes similar to an analogous experience of one's interlocutor-was not only vulgar, but also a sin against sentiment."

"From early childhood his mother had taught him that to discuss in public a profound emotional experience-which, in the open air, immediately evanesces and fades, and, oddly, becomes similar to an analogous experience of one's interlocutor-was not only vulgar, but also a sin against sentiment."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Emotion, Experience, Public, Sentiment

24

"The longer the game went on, you got the feeling that neither side really wanted to lose."

"The longer the game went on, you got the feeling that neither side really wanted to lose."

Mark Lawrenson, English Athlete

Emotional, Feeling

23

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